On festive sales, Flipkart says 65% clients from Tier-II cities

BENGALURU: Flipkart said it saw double the volume and value of sales this festive month over last year's festive month, and saw 65% of customers coming from tier-II and beyond.

The company also claimed to have taken a significant lead over rival Amazon. "During this festive season, Flipkart had a disproportionate share making everyone else irrelevant," said Smrithi Ravichandran, senior director at Flipkart who heads sales events. The ecommerce company registered a 4x growth over business as on usual days. The number of custom ers from tier-II and tier-III cities which the company focused on heavily this year, grew from 60% last year to 65% this festive month.

Smartphones continued to be the biggest category in terms of GMV, staying constant at 60% of the Flipkart's total sales.

The contribution of large appliances increased from less than 10% on a normal day to 15% during the festive days.

Overall, Flipkart registered a 5 x growth in smartphones and electronics over business as usual, which has helped push its GMV , and a 10x growth in large appliances.

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